The Chalmers on East Jefferson

**EASTSIDE CAT 67-83** · January-10-11, 02:14 PM

The Building on the southeast corner is one of my favorites, it has several stone face motifs on the top facade. I remember walking up to the Dime store or Sanders when I was a kid and counting the different faces, the brick work is awesome also. I believe way back when there used to be a Cunninghams Drug store there.

**EastsideQT** · January-10-11, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by EASTSIDE CAT 67-83

The Building on the southeast corner is one of my favorites, it has several stone face motifs on the top facade. I remember walking up to the Dime store or Sanders when I was a kid and counting the different faces, the brick work is awesome also. I believe way back when there used to be a Cunninghams Drug store there.

You're right there was a Cunningham's Drug Store. There was also two Kresge's, Neisner's, Winkleman's, Alberts, Secretary of State, Edison, Cinderella & Lakewood theaters, a Great Scott Supermarket, a Goodyear and a lot more that I have probably forgotten. There was a jewelry store where all the kids got their high school class rings. I don't remember the name of it. You didn't have to go downtown to shop because everything was there. When you did go downtown it was special [[especially when you went with just your friends).

**Danny** · January-10-11, 02:49 PM

fix the VANITY BALLROOM NOW!

**EastsideQT** · January-10-11, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by danny

fix the vanity ballroom now!

Amen...Amen...Amen....

**detroitbob66** · January-11-11, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

fix the VANITY BALLROOM NOW!

Thats what I say!

**EASTSIDE CAT 67-83** · January-11-11, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by EastsideQT

You're right there was a Cunningham's Drug Store. There was also two Kresge's, Neisner's, Winkleman's, Alberts, Secretary of State, Edison, Cinderella & Lakewood theaters, a Great Scott Supermarket, a Goodyear and a lot more that I have probably forgotten. There was a jewelry store where all the kids got their high school class rings. I don't remember the name of it. You didn't have to go downtown to shop because everything was there. When you did go downtown it was special [[especially when you went with just your friends).

EASTSIDE QT
You painted a great image in everyones minds eye

**EastsideQT** · January-11-11, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by EASTSIDE CAT 67-83

EASTSIDE QT
You painted a great image in everyones minds eye

Thanks...

**Rocko** · January-11-11, 10:27 PM

Here's a little something from Model D in 2009 regarding this development....glad to see its coming to fruition!:

http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/...ckson0005.aspx
6-24-2009

Chalmers Square

Shelborne Development is the developer that will renovate and rehabilitate three buildings on Detroit's east side to create a mixture of low-income and market-rate units, for a total of 49 loft-style apartments along with 18,000 sq. ft. of retail space on E. Jefferson. The buildings are located at 14401 and 14436 E. Jefferson and 1025 Newport St.
Total investment for the project is estimated at $9.3 million for an expected MBT credit of $1.4 million.

**PaulGall** · January-28-11, 06:55 PM

Circa 1966 or so, on the SW corner of Lakewood and Jefferson was Mushro's Children's Corner which sold kids clothes. It was on the ground floor of an apartment building. Crossing Lakewood, going east toward Chalmers was Kresge's, Sanders, and Gino's Pizza. Across Jefferson was Bill's Schwinn Bike Shop. If you left Bills and walked west on Jefferson, past the Vanity, you would soon come to a record store called Mellow Music with a round sign like a record hanging out over the sidewalk. Keep going west to the Great Scott and the Jefferson Bowling Lanes were upstairs from the super market. You could hear the pins drop while you shopped. You could walk take in a movie at the Cinderella and then walk back across Jefferson to a casual restaurant called, I think, Cardinale's. There's is probably a lot of other stuff I missed, but I was a kid then and rode a bike, I bowled, I ate pizza and hot fudge sundaes, and saw Goldfinger and Viva Las Vegas at the Cinderella and bought my first record at Mellow Music. My parents met at the Vanity.